Experts

Ph.D., Associate Director of and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

Head of the Research Division, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Secretary General of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Deputy Director of the “One Belt and One Road” Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Deputy Director for Academic Work under the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC member

Independent expert

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Independent Analyst

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies,HSE University, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Director of the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

PhD in Politics, Center for Domestic Policy Research at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Professor of the Chair of Modern East Department of History, Political Science and Law, Russian State University for the Humanities

Transitional – Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Ph.D. in History, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Humanities, Novosibirsk State Technical University; Associate Professor, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tyumen

Professor at the Diplomacy Department at MGIMO Russia, Chief Research Fellow of the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

PhD in History, senior research fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, RAS; associate professor, Department of Regional Issues in Global Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Russian International Affairs Council Expert, Member of Space Generation Advisory Council

PhD, Foundation Fellow in the Australian Studies Institute at Australian National University

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

Lecturer at the Department of Comparative Politics, PhD student at MGIMO University

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for African Studies

Ambassador, Senior fellow and distinguished chair in Diplomacy and Security at the RAND Corporation

Moscow State Institute for International Relations

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, MGIMO University

Former Defense Secretary and Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Research Fellow at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences